Most of these idiots have no reason to have a truck that big. It's all ego. They park beside small cars because they think they are superior. There could be a ton of empty spaces in the lot, but they look for a small car and park next to it. Not caring that the driver is now in danger since they can no longer see other cars coming when trying to back out. Neither can those cars see them.
I just park in the back row. Everyone else is too lazy to walk that far so there's plenty of room, plus the added benefit of no door dings. Let the little rollerskates fight it out in the front row.
They are making them smaller in cities and urban areas because most don't NEED a truck in those areas. So the parking lots are designed for the economical person/worker.
@@jimj2683 I do think pickup truck culture is ridiculous like a pickup isn’t a much if a as a commuter vehicle as a semi truck or tank. However there is still advatanges over vans like superior towing and higher load capacity.
@@michaelp.3485 put spots that are smaller and a smaller amount of larger spots for trucks. Or as they get so small a truck won't fit in one spot allow them to take 2
Trucks like these have been around for a long time. My grandpa had a 73 Chevy crew cab long bed dually. I have an 04 Silverado crew cab long bed. Sometimes it’s hard to find a parking space but I just park in the back and walk whenever I can.
A 1973 Chevrolet C30 1 Ton dually was no where near as big as todays dinosaur trucks. It stood 69 inches tall and a 2023 Silverado 3500 HD stands 80.94 inches tall.
It's not what they need but more this look of being macho. Look at episodes of The Price is Right from the 80s and look at how much smaller trucks were back then. They didn't seem to have trouble getting the job done. It's not just trucks either. There are SUVs (such as Escalades and Suburbans) that are the size of WW2 Sherman Tanks. It's not about needing something that big so much as masking the fragile ego of these people. It's also about that good ole Murica excess. And I will guarantee you most of the people driving these big ass vehicles are never going to use them to go off-road. Most of the people who are into that are either driving Jeeps or Subarus.
@@chrisx5127 Trucks are “emotional support vehicles”, and “gender affirming care” for white male. The owners have mental health needs that could qualify for special parking spots.
If your vehicle is too big to fit within the lines of a parking space, then maybe you should have considered that before you made the purchase. Cities are for people, not for tanks. It’s not society’s job to change in order accommodate owners of ever-growing pickup trucks. It’s the truck owner’s job to figure out how to fit into society. And as far as I’m concerned, the ones in this video are failing miserably and deserve to be ticketed every time they park like that.
@@hankhill6469unless you're driving for hire, you don't need to haul big loads. Even if you do, there's plenty of space for you where the semi's park.
Only in AmariKa. Big fat people buying big fat trucks. if needed for work, I get that…but most truck owners have no need for large trucks. It’s little dog syndrome.
The thing is though, they don’t need it for work. How do I know that? Bc the needs and jobs of Americans are no different than the needs and jobs of Europeans, and Europeans use smaller work vans instead of giant enthusiast pickups.
Exactly! I dont care about how big a truck is if they know how to park it. It is the betas that drive trucks to compensate for emotional reasons that give them such a bad reputation,
@@hankhill6469 Congratulations!!! You figured out that vehicles are made for different reasons! So I tell you what, you drive your truck to the work site and leave the parking spaces to vehicles that are designed for parking spaces. So I will make you a deal, I promise to tell Tesla drivers not to try haul 15,000 pounds and if you promise not to park somewhere where it was not designed to have your work vehicle park. Congratulations again on learning that your truck was not designed to park in normal lots!!!! You win the big prize!!!!!
@@haydotherapper5401 And what kind of shit has that kind of statement led us into in the past? It only works if you lower everyone except the ruling class to the same level.
@@rich7447 question for you so you can ether save 800 million people from certain death or you can save 80 million people , if you try and save both you only have a 10 percent chance of success. What are you choosing
For Those Of You Want To Know That In Meters Here’s A Conversion At 1:49 Measuring In Metric Units 18 Feet 1 Inch Is About 551 Centimeters 5,511 Millimeter And 5.51 Meters And 9 Feet Is About 3 Meters 3000 Millimeters Or 300 Centimeters Wide 2:27 19.05 Millimeters
True. Trucks are “emotional support vehicles”, and “gender affirming care” for white male. The owners have mental health needs that could qualify for special parking spots.
If you buy a big truck don't expect to park anywhere you want, however the businesses that do have parking will get more business because people that drive expensive trucks have money.
Pickup trucks these size make sense on farms and job sites where they're intended for and have space for and were driven by people who used them for such. Now some people are using them as commuter and family vehicles but they fail to realize their size and utility makes makes them grossly impractical even in the early years when pick up trucks were smaller. It's not economical to make to super wide spots on limited land for a small number of trucks They can't and shouldn't be surprised by the fact they fit anywhere in dense and compact cities because the land is not infinite and there's only so much parking you can accomodate before you start to realize valuing where people live and play is more important where cars sleep (parking lots) 4:01 best explains your options other than parking
@@ralphjames1211 That applies to pick up trucks too? I thought some would try argue that they are personal vehicles but 99% of all pick up trucks have commercial license plates so that says they are commercial not personal
He is saying the truth because most truck drivers are obese pigs and parking around for fast food to feed their diabetic bellies with carbs/sugar/processed crap.
A trucks a truck, when you buy one theres gonna be consequences like any other car. Park further away, practice, install after market back up cameras theres plenty of options.
Currently 6 Automakers in the United States make Pickup Trucks (the Big 3 Detroit automakers, Plus Toyota, Nissan, and Honda) Hyundai will enter the midsize truck market
This is rediculous, I'm sure there are plenty of woodlands that can be cut down for bigger parking spaces. The F150 is America's most common vehicle, time to double the federal parking space and make 'Murica even greater again.
But they wanna Japanses everything in Maerica by making cars smaller, homes smaller, parking spaces smaller, hallways smaller, floor heights smaller, and human height smaller!!!!!
@ralphjames1211 no the reason is its safer cause if a F150 hits a motorcyclists that person is dead no matter what as the trucks bummer is at the height the person chest and head, so most of the impact is going be on the biker instead of the bike. Same thing for most cars as again the bumper is at the height of the window instead of the car door. The answer is the regulate how big some of these trucks can get as if you notice cars are not getting bigger nor are jeeps and Vans, but pickup trucks; those things are basically just tanks at this point.
I'm thinking there's more to the story... I've gotten "upgraded" to a big foot truck...I'm just now investigating this....have a feeling it's a compensation for. another screw up
@@oscarosullivan4513 they actually serve a purpose for hauling big loads, something a car cannot do. Sure alot of people needlessly buy them but they do serve a purpose.
@@oscarosullivan4513 You are clueless. Many vans have the same footprint as a pickup, so what is the advantage? If I need to move one of my trailers (14,000 lb GVWR 30' enclosed car hauler or 26,000 lb GVWR gooseneck flatbed) a 3.5L Transit isn't cutting it. Given how often I move stuff (pallets, lumber, stone etc) I would need to buy this "moving lorry" as renting would be cost prohibitive. Shit that works in the EU does not work in the US or Canada.
Years ago during the 2008 depression - gas prices went sky high. People with monster pick up trucks and massive Suv's freaked out and tried to sell them. I remember one news special told of how they "couldnt give them away". Gas prices dropped - now the massive trucks and Suv's clog the roads again. Has'nt anyone learned ANYTHING? Do they think gas prices will NEVER RISE AGAIN ?
@@bertall1ca What about the huge clouds of black smoke these monster trucks pump out into the air as they go down the road Bert? That cant be good the environment, and why do I see HUGE exaust pipes on the trucks that BLAST out DEAFENING NOISE? Noise pollution - do we need more ?
@@bryansmith4856 Black smoke? I don’t condone the use of diesel except for those who need it & use it cleanly. So I’m with you on that. There are other vehicles on the road that cause noise pollution, it’s not just a big truck problem. I’ll admit I add to the problem with loud exhaust & stereo, sorry.
@@bryansmith4856 diesel is better for the environment and more efficient than gasoline. It’s people that put aftermarket parts on that the trucks like tuners, injectors, etc that make them have the black smoke, but even then diesels are badass
I hear they ban big pickups like that in Manhattan Island, New York! That, plus they go over the Brooklyn Bridge's per vehicle weight limit, not to mention they are 100% banned on New York's parkways!!!
Proud owner of a dodge 2500 quad cab long bed. I have been through a McDonald’s drive thru with this truck and a 25ft Morgan built gooseneck trailer. I am able to park wherever I need to with or without a trailer. Quick tip: Anywhere is a parking spot if you throw on your hazard lights and leave a buddy you trust in the rig to tell them you’ll be right back. lol 😆 In all seriousness though, they’re out to get people who drive bigger trucks and cars. Seattle is taking out a bunch of parking to solve the congestion problem by forcing some people to get rid of their cars. There’s also some gas guzzler taxes being discussed that will probably screw me as a small business owner who requires a full-size pickup for my line of work. Fuel is already expensive, I spend almost 1,000$ a month on fuel and we as consumers in Oregon are charged almost 60 cents a gallon in just road taxes for roads that screw up my front end alignment every time I hit a bridge joint, my bottom line can’t get much lower. 😓 what’s a guy supposed to do? Write my Congressman who’s been in office in Oregon since the Reagan administration? Fat chance that’ll yield anything.
@@bazilgamerdeer1239 it ain’t pretty, but we’re making it work lol. The station right by my house is selling diesel for 6.35$ a gallon. Some stations in Eugene to the south of us are almost up to 7.00$ There’s a station closer to the shop is selling B20 diesel for 5.99$ right now, so the Cummins is running on a healthy mix of B20 and tractor diesel right now.
First off let’s get rid of the safety BS in trucks and make them slimmer. Also he wouldn’t answer if he’s had trouble parking his Tacoma because he has and doesn’t want to be harassed for not being able to park a car.
If someone spends that much money on a truck they don’t want to spend more to take a bus take longer and be way more complicated. Just make some bigger parking spots
Ok, so what if at that point I now want an even bigger parking spot? Where does it end? What if I want a 20 ft wide truck? Are you gonna widen the highways for me?
Perhaps you should mention the obesity epidemic in this country with over half of the U.S. population being over weight and 1/3 grotesquly obese, they need truck to move them around. They won't fit in a normal size car.
Stop bitching! I drive a Dodge Ram 3500 dually as a daily drive and I live in Italy. No issues. If you wanna a big truck you gotta move your ass and be prepared to park it where you find place, even if it is a bit far away from where you have to go.
Over the decades , parking spaces have been getting smaller and smaller . Because the car's are much smaller than they were in the 1960's , 1970' and into the 1980's . So the parking spaces have gotten smaller and smaller !! I drive a 3/4 ton Dodge Ram Mega Cab and it has a long wheel base . I try to pick a respectable parking spot but can't always get a respectable parking spot for my truck . So I will park where I have to ! If you don't like it , then stick it in your K.M.A. File !!!!!!
@@Carlinisalive In the last almost 20 years , yes trucks and some SUVs have become larger than the decade or so before that almost getting back to the size they were back in the late half of the 1960s through the 1970s and into the 1980s for SUVs where trucks continued all through the 1980s . That's due to the government mandating better emissions and fuel economy starting at the end of the 1970's during the gas rationing years . I have definitely a good memory of all those decades . I was a mechanic from the early 1970s through today . I've worked on vehicles from the late 1930s through 2024 . An auto mechanic & pickup truck mechanic , big truck mechanic , semi truck & trailer mechanic , heavy equipment mechanic , auto-body collision repair painting technician , hydraulic mechanic and the list goes on including my certificates , transcripts and degrees continues to increase . Also a driver & operator of much more than I have mentioned for all those years and more . Now take into fact the economy of businesses . They need more customers for revenue / profit . The parking lots need to allow more customers to park on the same amount of land in the parking lot . How do they increase the number of vehicles to park in the same size parking lot ? But to decrease the size of each parking spot . Simple , business economics 101 . Why do you think and see so many more door dings and scrapes in vehicles these past few decades ? Better for the economy and many different businesses of all types & kinds . Businesses economics 102 .
The Tacoma is a little larger than it really needs to be. I'm use to driving S10 and Ranger. America needs small pick ups again and I'm not talking about the soon to be Hyundia Santa Cruz and Mavrick pickup.
Everyone is doing the same thing. Sizing down parking lot spaces. I avoid businesses and shopping centers that have small spaces. Its just ridiculous. I am happy to take my business elsewhere. The news clip was obviously slanted.
@@Carlinisalive It's just as easy to paint parking space lines for larger spaces vs smaller ones. People are just too cheap and stubborn to do the right thing.
Trucks are taller and can ride over the bumpers of cars and can cause a significant amount of damage to cars in a collision. My Mercedes-Benz C250 was struck behind by a Chevy Silverado truck and it caused over $7,000 worth of damage to my car and no damage to the Chevy except for a broken license plate frame. 😡
Spread Eagled it is absurd from my Irish perspective someone near me owns a pickup but it is a early to mid 2000’s Landrover Defender 110 not an overly big jeep.
@@oscarosullivan4513 America is not Ireland. This country thrives off big trucks to tow cars and haul big loads. Sure people needlessly buy them because it's appealing to them but they do serve a purpose.
I frequently see unnecessarily big truck sticking out into the lanes in parking lots, and as a bicyclist, they come to close to me when I am in the bicycle lanes. And most of the time a small car would be big enough to handle the task at hand. I suppose that most men that think it's necessary to drive these monsters, are persuaded by the advertisements that with a deep macho voice, to convince the men, that they must drive a big M.F. truck to be a real man, so he can compensate for his small member.
Smaller smaller!!! Back in the day, big pickup trucks used to park way in back, or even on the outskirts of the town. They were never right in front of 711 two inches from the door. Time to make parking garages completely off-limits to giant vehicles. You don't see garbage trucks parking in the underground garage. That's what those F1500 knucklehead huck trucks are.
I so agree! It is so obnoxious. Some people drive trucks for utility reasons which is fine. Its the ones who drive trucks for emotional reasons that are the biggest assholes.
If he struggles in a Tacoma. He should drive my raptor. I struggled in the beginning, but now it’s so easy. Since I gotten use to the 3 extra inches on both sides. Lucky it’s also not the longest truck ever. Only 145ins WB. Compared to the 160ins plus on a lot of HD trucks.
First off let’s get rid of the safety BS in trucks and make them slimmer. Also he wouldn’t answer if he’s had trouble parking his Tacoma because he has and doesn’t want to be harassed for not being able to park a car.
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A Toyota Tacoma ridiculously oversized LOL
Must have been a liberal
@@pipeale5179 original
@@pipeale5179 I have a liberal friend who drives an F350 dually pickup as well.
you mean the tundra
Tacoma’s are quite small actually
I park farther back in my truck. 3 years later and no door dents. Worth it.
Most of these idiots have no reason to have a truck that big. It's all ego. They park beside small cars because they think they are superior. There could be a ton of empty spaces in the lot, but they look for a small car and park next to it. Not caring that the driver is now in danger since they can no longer see other cars coming when trying to back out. Neither can those cars see them.
Bruh they should just make specialized parking spaces for us full sized trucks. Just like the puny compact cars
Lol yes! Pickup truck spots! Handicapped people and electric cars get their spots so why can’t we?
Naw
I just park in the back row. Everyone else is too lazy to walk that far so there's plenty of room, plus the added benefit of no door dings. Let the little rollerskates fight it out in the front row.
Let's make America one big parking lot
Because its costlier and more difficult to make parking spots bigger that's what the entire video is about and its so obvious
As a lifted Tundra owner with 8” lift, I park at the end of every parking lot around *no one*
In today's news, a truck parked too close to me on lunch, and we're gonna talk about it.
They are making them smaller in cities and urban areas because most don't NEED a truck in those areas. So the parking lots are designed for the economical person/worker.
worker is including people with pickups and they the most essential work that keeps this great country going
@@derianhernandez2717 Drive a van instead. A truck is just dumb.
@@jimj2683 a van is just dumb
@@jimj2683 I do think pickup truck culture is ridiculous like a pickup isn’t a much if a as a commuter vehicle as a semi truck or tank. However there is still advatanges over vans like superior towing and higher load capacity.
@@TheAmericanCatholic Depends on the van
Make bigger parking spots
Yes
Oh wow and where are we going to get the extra space for them? Magic?
@@michaelp.3485 Make new lines.
Oh America. Bigger, better ,larger ,fatter.
@@michaelp.3485 put spots that are smaller and a smaller amount of larger spots for trucks. Or as they get so small a truck won't fit in one spot allow them to take 2
Trucks like these have been around for a long time. My grandpa had a 73 Chevy crew cab long bed dually. I have an 04 Silverado crew cab long bed. Sometimes it’s hard to find a parking space but I just park in the back and walk whenever I can.
A 1973 Chevrolet C30 1 Ton dually was no where near as big as todays dinosaur trucks. It stood 69 inches tall and a 2023 Silverado 3500 HD stands 80.94 inches tall.
@@LeAnn57 well height would be the least of concern. How does the length compare?
@@LeAnn57 but yeah trucks now days are taller for sure
Those are “emotional support vehicles”
This is from 2020... why does the quality look like 2004
It's not what they need but more this look of being macho. Look at episodes of The Price is Right from the 80s and look at how much smaller trucks were back then. They didn't seem to have trouble getting the job done. It's not just trucks either. There are SUVs (such as Escalades and Suburbans) that are the size of WW2 Sherman Tanks. It's not about needing something that big so much as masking the fragile ego of these people. It's also about that good ole Murica excess. And I will guarantee you most of the people driving these big ass vehicles are never going to use them to go off-road. Most of the people who are into that are either driving Jeeps or Subarus.
I drive my Titan Pro-4X off road about 40% of the time.
Its illegal to build small pick up trucks in america, thanks to Cafe standards
@@chrisx5127 Trucks are “emotional support vehicles”, and “gender affirming care” for white male.
The owners have mental health needs that could qualify for special parking spots.
If your vehicle is too big to fit within the lines of a parking space, then maybe you should have considered that before you made the purchase. Cities are for people, not for tanks. It’s not society’s job to change in order accommodate owners of ever-growing pickup trucks. It’s the truck owner’s job to figure out how to fit into society. And as far as I’m concerned, the ones in this video are failing miserably and deserve to be ticketed every time they park like that.
From my Irish perspective they are quite unneeded. The Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux and Land Rover Series/Defender pickups are perfectly sized.
@@oscarosullivan4513you cannot haul big loads with a Ford ranger. Believe it or not big trucks actually serve a purpose.
Voice of reason finally. Thank you.
I agree wholeheartedly
@@hankhill6469unless you're driving for hire, you don't need to haul big loads. Even if you do, there's plenty of space for you where the semi's park.
Democrat
This looks like America everywhere
Murica murica murica. Big fat Bob. Can I have 5 burgers and 10 large French fries and 20 gallons of bear?
1:00 “Longer whyyyder”
Only in AmariKa. Big fat people buying big fat trucks. if needed for work, I get that…but most truck owners have no need for large trucks. It’s little dog syndrome.
Try hauling 15,000 pounds in a tesla bro
@@hankhill6469 Bro, you don’t need to be hauling 15000 pounds to your local Whole Foods, bro. Trust me bro.
The thing is though, they don’t need it for work. How do I know that? Bc the needs and jobs of Americans are no different than the needs and jobs of Europeans, and Europeans use smaller work vans instead of giant enthusiast pickups.
Exactly! I dont care about how big a truck is if they know how to park it. It is the betas that drive trucks to compensate for emotional reasons that give them such a bad reputation,
@@hankhill6469 Congratulations!!! You figured out that vehicles are made for different reasons! So I tell you what, you drive your truck to the work site and leave the parking spaces to vehicles that are designed for parking spaces. So I will make you a deal, I promise to tell Tesla drivers not to try haul 15,000 pounds and if you promise not to park somewhere where it was not designed to have your work vehicle park. Congratulations again on learning that your truck was not designed to park in normal lots!!!! You win the big prize!!!!!
The problem is the trucks, not the parking space.
Absolutely not. 30% of US vehicles sales are full-size pickups. Spaces need to accommodate them.
@@rich7447 the needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few
@@haydotherapper5401 And what kind of shit has that kind of statement led us into in the past? It only works if you lower everyone except the ruling class to the same level.
@@rich7447 question for you so you can ether save 800 million people from certain death or you can save 80 million people , if you try and save both you only have a 10 percent chance of success. What are you choosing
@@haydotherapper5401 Neither. I don't do hypotheticals.
This is the most newsy thing to news. People with crew cab long bed duallys dont park downtown.
If that is your vehicle you park where you need to go.
Oversized pickup trucks are dumb I don’t understand Americans obsession with them old pickup trucks were a perfect size
Agreed, unfortunately, it's not possible to build a non electric small pickup with current fuel mileage requirements in America.
If you have trouble parking a Tacoma you should stick to a Camry, a trunk is more than enough room to store your purse. You don’t need a truck.
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For Those Of You Want To Know That In Meters Here’s A Conversion At 1:49 Measuring In Metric Units
18 Feet 1 Inch Is About 551 Centimeters 5,511 Millimeter And 5.51 Meters
And 9 Feet Is About 3 Meters 3000 Millimeters Or 300 Centimeters Wide
2:27 19.05 Millimeters
I noticed pick up trucks always park illegally not always parking lots but sidewalks too and blocking driveways. Always a 4x4 truck
True. Trucks are “emotional support vehicles”, and “gender affirming care” for white male.
The owners have mental health needs that could qualify for special parking spots.
Government is the one that decides on the truck sizes, they made it to where manufacturers cant produce small trucks anymore.
The reporter is cute
Yea she can get it
@@slicksavage9839 YESSIR
The annoying amount of curbs being needlessly installed into parking lots.
If you buy a big truck don't expect to park anywhere you want, however the businesses that do have parking will get more business because people that drive expensive trucks have money.
Go take one of this trucks to downtown LA.you may have to buy two spaces to park it.
Must be a slow news day🥱
9x18 is a standard parking size across the US.
Pickup trucks these size make sense on farms and job sites where they're intended for and have space for and were driven by people who used them for such. Now some people are using them as commuter and family vehicles but they fail to realize their size and utility makes makes them grossly impractical even in the early years when pick up trucks were smaller.
It's not economical to make to super wide spots on limited land for a small number of trucks
They can't and shouldn't be surprised by the fact they fit anywhere in dense and compact cities because the land is not infinite and there's only so much parking you can accomodate before you start to realize valuing where people live and play is more important where cars sleep (parking lots)
4:01 best explains your options other than parking
Thank god they're banned on the New York Parkway system, the Brooklyn Bridge, and in Manhattan Island, New York!!!
@@ralphjames1211 That applies to pick up trucks too?
I thought some would try argue that they are personal vehicles but 99% of all pick up trucks have commercial license plates so that says they are commercial not personal
Make em pay with there wallet.
Just like with commercial trucks start paying reg fees based on weight.
He clearly said “pig” up and then “porking” lots. Boo this jerk. Boo! Bet he can’t even park his Prius.
He is saying the truth because most truck drivers are obese pigs and parking around for fast food to feed their diabetic bellies with carbs/sugar/processed crap.
0:33 lmao that car was parked way more forward than it needed to be
Theyre both at about the same depth for the parking space...Trucks are just impractically sized for no reason
This is a waste of news reporting.
Shhh
It really is
These reporters know nothing about trucks.
A trucks a truck, when you buy one theres gonna be consequences like any other car. Park further away, practice, install after market back up cameras theres plenty of options.
Currently 6 Automakers in the United States make Pickup Trucks (the Big 3 Detroit automakers, Plus Toyota, Nissan, and Honda) Hyundai will enter the midsize truck market
Volkswagen Has A Puckup Truck Too The Volkswagen Amarok
@@byronchavarria4954 that is only sold in Europe
1:18 Why in the hell is he nosing into that spot? You back a dually in!
im about to buy toyota v8 crewmax for ma daily use to construction work.... probably wll be no good idea
I just park out if I can. If not, well it’s not my fault the parking spots r made to that size, but that’s what I drive.
Use a bus? That’s so lame.
You know what they says about the size of a man’s penis who drives a big truck......
@@wonderingaloud261 are people allowed to drive what they want without people commenting on their genitals?
@@wonderingaloud261 Idiots that bring balls into the pickup truck argument have even smaller balls.
Big cars to compensate for something
The geek in the tie is the problem.
I agree they need to ban trucks from cities.
come to texas every other lot is a truck we dont give a shit
This is rediculous, I'm sure there are plenty of woodlands that can be cut down for bigger parking spaces. The F150 is America's most common vehicle, time to double the federal parking space and make 'Murica even greater again.
But they wanna Japanses everything in Maerica by making cars smaller, homes smaller, parking spaces smaller, hallways smaller, floor heights smaller, and human height smaller!!!!!
@ralphjames1211 no the reason is its safer cause if a F150 hits a motorcyclists that person is dead no matter what as the trucks bummer is at the height the person chest and head, so most of the impact is going be on the biker instead of the bike. Same thing for most cars as again the bumper is at the height of the window instead of the car door. The answer is the regulate how big some of these trucks can get as if you notice cars are not getting bigger nor are jeeps and Vans, but pickup trucks; those things are basically just tanks at this point.
@@rabbittherabbit👍🏼 this is exactly why I bought my truck so many shit drivers in Vegas.
The real problem is single story and open parking lots, if you can’t expand sideways, go up. High risers for office solved this problem decades ago.
I'm thinking there's more to the story... I've gotten "upgraded" to a big foot truck...I'm just now investigating this....have a feeling it's a compensation for. another screw up
That's a small truck
It's America not Europe. We need big spots.
What you need to do is learn how to park
Then why do you need cars that big.Don’t say comfort as the Australians drive normal sized cars over long distances.
@@oscarosullivan4513 they actually serve a purpose for hauling big loads, something a car cannot do. Sure alot of people needlessly buy them but they do serve a purpose.
@@hankhill6469 I don’t suppose you have heard of a thing called a van or moving lorry
@@oscarosullivan4513 You are clueless. Many vans have the same footprint as a pickup, so what is the advantage? If I need to move one of my trailers (14,000 lb GVWR 30' enclosed car hauler or 26,000 lb GVWR gooseneck flatbed) a 3.5L Transit isn't cutting it. Given how often I move stuff (pallets, lumber, stone etc) I would need to buy this "moving lorry" as renting would be cost prohibitive. Shit that works in the EU does not work in the US or Canada.
Make bigger parking lots simple
Years ago during the 2008 depression - gas prices went sky high. People with monster pick up trucks and massive Suv's freaked out and tried to sell them. I remember one news special told of how they "couldnt give them away".
Gas prices dropped - now the massive trucks and Suv's clog the roads again.
Has'nt anyone learned ANYTHING? Do they think gas prices will NEVER RISE AGAIN ?
Except the big trucks are now more fuel efficient so gas prices are not a factor anymore. Get with the times, Agent Smith.
@@bertall1ca What about the huge clouds of black smoke these monster trucks pump out into the air as they go down the road Bert? That cant be good the environment, and why do I see HUGE exaust pipes on the trucks that BLAST out DEAFENING NOISE? Noise pollution - do we need more ?
@@bryansmith4856 Black smoke?
I don’t condone the use of diesel except for those who need it & use it cleanly. So I’m with you on that.
There are other vehicles on the road that cause noise pollution, it’s not just a big truck problem. I’ll admit I add to the problem with loud exhaust & stereo, sorry.
@@bryansmith4856 diesel is better for the environment and more efficient than gasoline. It’s people that put aftermarket parts on that the trucks like tuners, injectors, etc that make them have the black smoke, but even then diesels are badass
@@bryansmith4856 my diesel doesn't roll coal
Do these things have odometers on them that tell you how many polar bears they've killed?
Live north of the 60th parallel and you won't worry about polar bears very much. They see you as lunch.
Just take 4 spaces😂
I hear they ban big pickups like that in Manhattan Island, New York! That, plus they go over the Brooklyn Bridge's per vehicle weight limit, not to mention they are 100% banned on New York's parkways!!!
I doubt that.
Now Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Has Issues With Big Pickup Truck Parking
Proud owner of a dodge 2500 quad cab long bed. I have been through a McDonald’s drive thru with this truck and a 25ft Morgan built gooseneck trailer. I am able to park wherever I need to with or without a trailer. Quick tip: Anywhere is a parking spot if you throw on your hazard lights and leave a buddy you trust in the rig to tell them you’ll be right back. lol 😆
In all seriousness though, they’re out to get people who drive bigger trucks and cars. Seattle is taking out a bunch of parking to solve the congestion problem by forcing some people to get rid of their cars. There’s also some gas guzzler taxes being discussed that will probably screw me as a small business owner who requires a full-size pickup for my line of work. Fuel is already expensive, I spend almost 1,000$ a month on fuel and we as consumers in Oregon are charged almost 60 cents a gallon in just road taxes for roads that screw up my front end alignment every time I hit a bridge joint, my bottom line can’t get much lower. 😓 what’s a guy supposed to do? Write my Congressman who’s been in office in Oregon since the Reagan administration? Fat chance that’ll yield anything.
I wouldn’t go near a drivethru with a trailer on my crew cab f150. I love the truck but I hate parking or navigating tight spaces.
Curious how you're holding up with the updated gas prices
@@bazilgamerdeer1239 it ain’t pretty, but we’re making it work lol. The station right by my house is selling diesel for 6.35$ a gallon. Some stations in Eugene to the south of us are almost up to 7.00$
There’s a station closer to the shop is selling B20 diesel for 5.99$ right now, so the Cummins is running on a healthy mix of B20 and tractor diesel right now.
Get a van
@@oscarosullivan4513 would if I could. I already bought a 500$ grocery getter to save a little money, but I still gotta use my truck for my business.
all car has grown by time. we need to grow road and parking too
Our human height is only gonna get taller and taller, like 6 foot 4 and above!!!!
First off let’s get rid of the safety BS in trucks and make them slimmer. Also he wouldn’t answer if he’s had trouble parking his Tacoma because he has and doesn’t want to be harassed for not being able to park a car.
If someone spends that much money on a truck they don’t want to spend more to take a bus take longer and be way more complicated. Just make some bigger parking spots
Ok, so what if at that point I now want an even bigger parking spot? Where does it end? What if I want a 20 ft wide truck? Are you gonna widen the highways for me?
@@tonystarna6119 But don't you know that it's my right to drive a T-34 down the middle of a city street? The world revolves around me don't 'cha know?
Ban Narrow Parking And Allow Wider Parking
Perhaps you should mention the obesity epidemic in this country with over half of the U.S. population being over weight and 1/3 grotesquly obese, they need truck to move them around. They won't fit in a normal size car.
ah yes, lets avoid the actual problem and just cater to their current needs
Stop bitching! I drive a Dodge Ram 3500 dually as a daily drive and I live in Italy. No issues. If you wanna a big truck you gotta move your ass and be prepared to park it where you find place, even if it is a bit far away from where you have to go.
That goes for any vehicle. I don't try to park my 42' RV right in front of the door either.
Over the decades , parking spaces have been getting smaller and smaller . Because the car's are much smaller than they were in the 1960's , 1970' and into the 1980's . So the parking spaces have gotten smaller and smaller !! I drive a 3/4 ton Dodge Ram Mega Cab and it has a long wheel base . I try to pick a respectable parking spot but can't always get a respectable parking spot for my truck . So I will park where I have to ! If you don't like it , then stick it in your K.M.A. File !!!!!!
Wrong bro SUVs and pickup trucks have become more common and the size of both vehicles has drastically grown in the past 20 years
@@Carlinisalive In the last almost 20 years , yes trucks and some SUVs have become larger than the decade or so before that almost getting back to the size they were back in the late half of the 1960s through the 1970s and into the 1980s for SUVs where trucks continued all through the 1980s . That's due to the government mandating better emissions and fuel economy starting at the end of the 1970's during the gas rationing years . I have definitely a good memory of all those decades . I was a mechanic from the early 1970s through today . I've worked on vehicles from the late 1930s through 2024 . An auto mechanic & pickup truck mechanic , big truck mechanic , semi truck & trailer mechanic , heavy equipment mechanic , auto-body collision repair painting technician , hydraulic mechanic and the list goes on including my certificates , transcripts and degrees continues to increase . Also a driver & operator of much more than I have mentioned for all those years and more .
Now take into fact the economy of businesses . They need more customers for revenue / profit . The parking lots need to allow more customers to park on the same amount of land in the parking lot . How do they increase the number of vehicles to park in the same size parking lot ? But to decrease the size of each parking spot . Simple , business economics 101 .
Why do you think and see so many more door dings and scrapes in vehicles these past few decades ? Better for the economy and many different businesses of all types & kinds .
Businesses economics 102 .
The Tacoma is a little larger than it really needs to be. I'm use to driving S10 and Ranger. America needs small pick ups again and I'm not talking about the soon to be Hyundia Santa Cruz and Mavrick pickup.
The Toyota Hilux
@@oscarosullivan4513 but we have one and it’s the tacoma
Park on very back of lot so not that many vehicles around.
Easier and peace of mind
Everyone is doing the same thing. Sizing down parking lot spaces. I avoid businesses and shopping centers that have small spaces. Its just ridiculous. I am happy to take my business elsewhere. The news clip was obviously slanted.
Make bigger parking spots imo
make smaller trucks and solve a ton of issues as the same time
@@DetectiveJones No. Bigger trucks.
Brandon will take care of that…
Donald the Con wouldn't
Make a law where vechicle can only be so big
No they fit in parking lots still
There go all the heavy haul trucks. Good luck getting your groceries delivered to the store.
Truck gang
1st World Problems.
Just park far lol. What you expect when you buy something like that
Problem isn't the trucks and vans. Problem is too small of parking spots.
No it’s the trucks and vans
@@Carlinisalive It's just as easy to paint parking space lines for larger spaces vs smaller ones. People are just too cheap and stubborn to do the right thing.
Not much common sense anymore
americans whine too much, parking spots in the US are huge
Trucks are taller and can ride over the bumpers of cars and can cause a significant amount of damage to cars in a collision. My Mercedes-Benz C250 was struck behind by a Chevy Silverado truck and it caused over $7,000 worth of damage to my car and no damage to the Chevy except for a broken license plate frame. 😡
Drive a pickup then
Spread Eagled it is absurd from my Irish perspective someone near me owns a pickup but it is a early to mid 2000’s Landrover Defender 110 not an overly big jeep.
@@oscarosullivan4513 America is not Ireland. This country thrives off big trucks to tow cars and haul big loads. Sure people needlessly buy them because it's appealing to them but they do serve a purpose.
@@hankhill6469 Exactly. Ireland is smaller than South Carolina.
I frequently see unnecessarily big truck sticking out into the lanes in parking lots, and as a bicyclist, they come to close to me when I am in the bicycle lanes. And most of the time a small car would be big enough to handle the task at hand. I suppose that most men that think it's necessary to drive these monsters, are persuaded by the advertisements that with a deep macho voice, to convince the men, that they must drive a big M.F. truck to be a real man, so he can compensate for his small member.
Or we actually fucking work and tow and haul stuff you incompetent fuck
you are an imbicel.....
cry you imbecel
AND!
because a Tacoma is a piece of shit pick up truck who can’t do anything right
Pickup trucks, SUVs and big land yachts have been around for decades. It's not the vehicles getting bigger it's the parking spaces shrinking.
Smaller smaller!!! Back in the day, big pickup trucks used to park way in back, or even on the outskirts of the town. They were never right in front of 711 two inches from the door. Time to make parking garages completely off-limits to giant vehicles. You don't see garbage trucks parking in the underground garage. That's what those F1500 knucklehead huck trucks are.
Yeah whatever happened to the 80’s f series. That’s my kinda truck
@@YNash-qk7er long bed ones still don't fit in the parking spot. Too long
What in the soi boi latte is a f1500? You crossed two different brands of just half ton trucks... those aren't even big ones...
I so agree! It is so obnoxious. Some people drive trucks for utility reasons which is fine. Its the ones who drive trucks for emotional reasons that are the biggest assholes.
@@tonystarna6119 Here in Ireland the van as a commercial vehicle outsells the pickup jeep
If it can’t fit you can’t park there simple as that start towing the trucks
Porking lots
Just make laws to make a truck smaller Mid size become the new full size and Compact becomes the new mid size truck
Stfu
@@MrFPSWisconsin no
Stfu liberal
Stfu they still fit in parking lots
That is the stupidest thing I ever heard
i love my big ass chevy 3500HD dually
If he struggles in a Tacoma. He should drive my raptor. I struggled in the beginning, but now it’s so easy. Since I gotten use to the 3 extra inches on both sides. Lucky it’s also not the longest truck ever. Only 145ins WB. Compared to the 160ins plus on a lot of HD trucks.
Man try driving a long bed 2002 f350
@@hankhill6469 I’ve driven a long bed. Not that difficult. Just have more length.
Bruh
Charge "Commercial vehicles" [pick ups] to park. Increase the cost of fuel by a further $4 per gallon.
So a tiny 1990 chevy s10 is a commercial vehicle?
Or just make law how big new trucks can be X,Y, AND Z axis simple
Fuck is wrong with you people
happy with gas prices now?
@@honiballist The way Government changes people's behaviour is through indirect tax. You have a choice to buy a pick up or a more economical vehicle.
And no beds
It’s not love it’s diy necessity because we can’t afford to have anything built anymore so we do it ourselves.. we can’t even afford those pickups! 🛻
She just rubs her hands all over that guy truck wtf
Be carefull dummies
First off let’s get rid of the safety BS in trucks and make them slimmer. Also he wouldn’t answer if he’s had trouble parking his Tacoma because he has and doesn’t want to be harassed for not being able to park a car.